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Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji – home to 70% of the population (about 600,000 people) – and is the hub of the entire Fijian archipelago. It measures 146 kilometres (91 mi) long and 106 kilometres (66 mi) wide, and has an area of 10,389 square kilometres (4,011 sq mi).
It consists of three provinces in western and northern Viti Levu, namely Ba Province, Nadroga-Navosa Province, and Ra Province. [4] The largest city and capital is Lautoka. [3] It also includes a few outlying islands, including the Yasawa Islands, Viwa Island, and Mamanuca Islands.
By 1939 White (as Inspector of Mines) initiated a geological survey of Viti Levu, resulting in Fiji's first geological survey map, published in 1943. Citing and building on this work, the mineralization (geology) of Fiji was systematically reviewed by a successor, Mines Inspector James FA Taylor, in 1953. [ 5 ]
Verata [1] is a tikina in Fiji's Tailevu Province.It is made up of several sub-districts or Tikina makawa, namely: Verata, Namalata, Tai, Vugalei, and Taivugalei.. A Political Map of Eastern Viti Levu and adjacent islands, this image is the right half of an old Fiji Government map printed initially in 1953 by the Fiji Lands Department entitled "Viti Levu and Adjacent Islands - Colony of Fiji"
Namotu is located just off the western coast of the main island of Fiji known as Viti Levu. Namotu Island Resort , a haven for tourists, lies about five nautical miles west of Viti Levu. It is owned by Fiji Traditional Owners; including the villages of Yako, Momi and Nabila.
Occupying the northern area of Viti Levu, the largest island, it is one of eight Viti Levu-based Provinces. With a land area of 1,341 square kilometers, it had a population of 30,432 in 2017 census. [3] The main urban centre is at Vaileka, with a population of 3,361 in 1996.
However, it is an area of rushing rivers, deep ravines and rugged mountains. The province of Nadroga-Navosa encompasses contrasting landscapes: the rugged and mountainous northern edges towards Viti Levu's interior, sand dunes and floodplains, to rolling hills of its hinterland, roamed by the province's symbol — the wild horse.
Naitasiri covers an area of 1,666 square kilometres (643 sq mi), and occupies the area mostly to the north of Suva, the capital.Its boundaries stretch across Viti Levu in a southeast to northwest direction from Laucala Bay on the Suva Peninsula to beneath Mt Tomanivi, Fiji's highest mountain on the Nadrau Plateau ("Mai na toba ko Laucala ki na ruku i Tomanivi" in Fijian).